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KEC/Canal Point Elementary student video a finalist for nationwide contest

The students at K.E. Cunningham/Canal Point Elementary School really love Mexican avocados.

Or, at least, that’s what their video — filled with upbeat catchphrases and a student in an avocado suit — would have you believe.

A video created by fourth and fifth graders at the school has been named one of the 10 finalists for a national video contest sponsored by Avocados From Mexico. The grand prize winner of the Mini Chef video contest, as determined by which video receives the most “likes” by viewers on YouTube, will win $1,000.

Voting on the contest ends Dec. 11.

The school’s KEC TV News Club students created the video for the contest. The three-minute clip features student Anthony Bowie as “Chef Guac” doing a cooking demonstration on how to make Yummy Yummy Creamy Avocado Ranch Dip.

Also featured in the video is student Jalyn Mitchell, who acts as a reporter during a “commercial break” from the cooking show. Quac’Cierra Brown dressed as “Senorita Avocado” and shared information about avocados.

By being selected as a finalist for the Mini Chef Video Contest, the school will be awarded a Samsung HD Camcorder and a Nintendo 3DS. The camcorder will be used in the KEC TV News studio, Brian Zimmerman, KEC TV News Club director, said in an email. The Nintendo 3DS will be raffled off to raise money to replace broken equipment in the school’s TV studio.

If the video wins the grand prize of $1,000, the money will be used to replace older TV studio equipement and to fund travel expenses for off campus events that will be covered by the KEC TV News reporters, Zimmerman said in the email.

To help vote for the KEC/Canal Point Elementary students’ video, click here and then “like” the YouTube video.